General Manager - General Manager Fastenal Employee Review

4.0
May 18, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Growing Company. Built on good principles. Wide breadth of product offering to go after most markets. Constantly learning. Local stores allow to be able to help customers in timely matter that is hard to compete with.

Cons

Expect the General Manager to do "generally" everything. Expect to take market share but don't enable to see cost or profit margin. So many times pricing is uncompetitive with where customers are buying there supplies. Getting top heavy.

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5.0
Mar 6, 2026
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Pros

For such a large company, they move fast. If you demonstrate exceptional talent, it is rewarded much more quickly than other companies. Good decision-making gets a lot of attention.

Cons

Low starting pay makes it so that there are not a lot of applicants for entry level positions. Bad employee behavior is tolerated because it's hard to backfill the position.

1.0
Jun 6, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

I wish if there were anything worth mentioning.

Cons

My contract was changed three times in the span of three months. This is the most disorganized company I have ever worked for. As an employee, you are the least of their concerns expect to be asked to stay late, come in early, and take on tasks outside your job description. Due to chronic understaffing, you're pressured into doing extra work, and if you refuse, they will find a way to let you go.

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